Generally, I find Nora Roberts a good storyteller and I have enjoyed some of her books a great deal. This was not one of them. I am guessing this was one of her earliest books, referring as it does (in the story) to old technology like Walkmans. The writing is awkward, saccharine and immature. But the worst part of all was the narrator, whose voice sounded like something from a 1950's movie. Every time the narrator said one of the main character's names -- "Skimmerhorn" -- in that breathless little voice I wanted to smack her, so awful and contrived did it come across. And seriously: who would name a character Skimmerhorn anyway?

What didn’t you like about Sandra Burr’s performance?

Everything. Her voice(s) and "over performance", her pacing. Sandra Burr was absolutely awful and I will go out of my way to avoid any book narrated by her in the future.

Any additional comments?

If you're a fan of Nora Roberts current books, I would strongly encourage you to avoid this older book with it's stereotyped, flat characters, silly dialogue and boring-as-hell storyline. It is terribly dated and a real waste of a credit. I could not finish it.

This book would have received five stars in all categories except for the over abundance of curse words and taking the Lord's Name in vain. That kind of language was not necessary for the story line and was offensively distracting.

I have loved Nora Roberts for so long but in the last three or four books the black people are uneducated victims and the Jewish men are all accountants who have beady eyes. At first I let it go but the publisher should do something about the descriptions. I think in this day and age it makes Roberts look really bad. Or maybe it's Roberts' subtle way of showing her racist and anti Semitic opinions.

Dislike the narration ! Not all- just some ! Main female character - father/ mother's voice was really irritating ! And the lead male character - didn't even sound masculine . I love the book. Wish I loved the audio !